Phelps to speak to Athletic Club

Ed Phelps will be the featured speaker on Monday at the the Athletic Club of the Lowcountry’s monthly meeting.

Phelps has distinguished himself as a broadcaster with a career that has spanned almost 40 years. He was brought up in the metropolitan Detroit area, working at various radio stations around Detroit before moving to Flint in 1972 to work at WJRT-TV, a CBS affiliate. He created and anchored the live coverage of the Buick Open golf tournament before the CBS network picked up coverage.

Phelps also was the radio voice of Central Michigan University football for 28 years.

The meeting will held at 6:30 p.m. in Room 156 in the Hargray Building at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. Admission is free for club members and $5 for guests. Call 540-7159 for more information.

SOCCER CLINIC IN JULY

The Lower Coastal Soccer Academy has teamed up with the Charleston Battery for a soccer clinic set for July 9-13 at Buckwalter Soccer Complex.

The clinic is for boys and girls, ages 6-16. Cost is $95 for full-day (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) and $65 for half-day sessions (9 a.m.-noon), which includes a jersey and one free ticket to a Charleston Battery game.

Call Trevor Garbett at 368-1553.

ORR HOOPS CAMP AT RIDGELAND HIGH

The Randy Orr Youth Basketball Foundation will hold a for children ages 7 to 14 from July 9-13 at Ridgeland High Scool.

The camp will begin at 8 a.m. and continue until noon each day. Cost is $50 and a free lunch will be provided.